Fire Loss Of $500,000

Clarksville, Tenn., Oct. 6. - Fire broke out in the Grange tobáceo warehouse, occupied by Mili & Turnely, burning about 4,500 hogsheads of tobacco. The loss on tobáceo and building is estimated at nearly $500,000,with insurance of about $300,000. The fire also burned Gracey Bros.' coal and storage shed, the Louisville and Nashville depot, six freight cars on the track and several cottages. The fire covered a space of about ten acres. The fire is now under control. lts origin is unknown. Provisions Along the Vu kon. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 6.- An estímate of the quantity of provisions on the Yukon indicates that there will be no need of a government relief expedition this winter. The two big trans portation companies have at least 20,000 tons at various points on the river. The North American Trading and Transportation company is credited with these figures: At Dawson, 4,000 tons; Fort Cudahy, 1,500; Circle City, 1,500; Fort Yukon, 1,500; Rampart City, 1,000; Eagle City, 500, and Perry City, 100. The Alaska Commercial company has about the same amounts on hand, except at Dawson, where it has about 7,000 tons. Trading posts have recently been established on the Koyukok river, the Alaska Commercial company locating at Arctic City and the North American company at Perry City, five miles above. Have a Orastic Beinedy. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 6.- Soldiers ■who returned trom Honolulú on tÜe steamer Senator state tliat draötic measuree have been adopted Uiere to enforce discipline. Foraging, t 13 said, had besn carried on with' a Mgh hand. Gen. King policed Honolulú ■with 100 mounted men and issued orders that any soldier caught toraging ■would be court-martialed and shot. Everytaing has been quiet since the order was iscsued. The Republiean state conveiition pledged the party to the Atkinson bill. Aecording to the provisions of that bill the notorious "Billy" French woüld be one of the flve men who would have the power to fix the taxes of all the rallroads, express companies and similar corporations in this state. If three of these men were dishonest the y eould, by accepting bribes from the great corporations, rob the people of hundreds of thousands of dollars which ought to go Into the state treasury. "When the Democrats -got a chance at the books in 1891 it was found that this same man Freuch had robbed the state of a large amount of money by riding around on passes, putting in a bill to the state at ten cents a mile, instead of the three cents a mile which was prescribed by law, and then, as a member of the state board of auditors, allowlng his own illegal bilis. If the Pingree gang can get the Atkinson bill passed, with the members of the sang eonstituting the state tax Board, they will steal the people blind during the next two years, and raisc a corruptlon fimd sufBclent to purchaee the presidentlal nominatlon for Gov. Pingree. The Pingree push is making a big howl about what Pingree is doiug for the soldiers. Ilis especial confidant, frieml and appointee, QuartermasterGeneral White, who is such a special pet of the governor's that he is allowed to draw two salaries, one as quartermaster-general and the other as lieutenant-colonel, has been charging the volunteers of the 35th for clothing and equipment prices greatly in exeess of what the federal govermnent asks for the sanie artieles. Hats that the government furuishes at 8ü cents the state charges the voltfnteers $1.25 for, shirts lssued by the government at $1.95 cost our boys $2.25, and everything else in proportion. It arnounts to' an immense sum upon the equipments of twelve hundred troops, and It all comes out of the pockets of the soldiers. the umoimt being deducted from their allowance. That some one got a big "rake off" on these extortionate prices is eertaln, and while none of the money may have gone into Pingree's own pocket there is no doubt but that much of it will go into the fund raised to continue the administration which encourages such rascality.